BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and France’s President Emmanuel Macron warned in a joint opinion piece for the Financial Times that the European Union had to make dramatic efforts to improve its competitiveness or risk seeing its way of living undermined. Among the reforms needed were further efforts to decarbonize the economy, while …
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By Andrew Gray and John Irish BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union agreed in principle on Monday to revive an EU civilian mission at Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip next to Egypt, but said it would need accords from all sides to press ahead, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said. Speaking …
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By Emma Farge and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization on Monday voiced confidence that countries would one day reach a deal on a pandemic accord after failing to produce an agreement last week, although health officials warned it could take years. Health officials have voiced frustration with the …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italy said on Monday Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians in Gaza were no longer justifiable in one of the strongest criticisms Rome has made so far against Israel’s campaign. “There is an increasingly difficult situation, in which the Palestinian people are being squeezed without regard for the rights of innocent men, women …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis lashed out at Hungary on Monday for blocking European Union decisions on foreign affairs, including military aid for Ukraine, and said the bloc had to find a way to circumvent Budapest’s veto. Landsbergis’ strongly worded criticism appeared to reflect mounting frustration in the EU with Hungary. Estonia …
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MADRID (Reuters) – Spain plans to send Patriot missiles and Leopard tanks to Ukraine as part of a 1.13 billion euro ($1.23 billion) weapon package announced last month, El Pais newspaper reported on Monday, citing unidentified sources close to the operation. Spain will hand over a dozen crucial Patriot anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine and 19 …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli air strikes killed at least 35 Palestinians and wounded dozens in an area in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah designated for the displaced, Palestinian health and civil emergency service officials said. The Israeli military said its air force struck a Hamas compound in Rafah and that the …
(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin, making his third foreign trip since his re-election in March, arrived in ex-Soviet Uzbekistan on Sunday and met with his counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev ahead of the start of formal talks. Russian news agencies said Mirziyoyev met Putin on arrival in Tashkent in the evening and the two leaders travelled …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian prosecutors said Russian shelling on Sunday killed three people in three different towns in Donetsk region, the focal point of the Russian military’s slow drive along the 1,000-km (600-mile) front in the more than two-year-old war with Ukraine. Prosecutors in Donetsk region, which Russia has annexed though it does not control all …
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By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuanian Gitanas Nauseda announced his re-election in a presidential ballot on Sunday, following a campaign dominated by security concerns in the European Union and NATO member next door to Russia. The Baltic nation of 2.8 million people has been a staunch ally of Ukraine since Russia’s 2022 invasion. Like other …
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